Cpl. Enoch Sampson Returns
Home At Cherokee
MIAMI BEACH, FLA., Feb. 2.?
Cpl. Enoch Sampson, brother of Mrs.
Sarah Arch, Cherokee, N. C., has re
turned from service outside the con
tinental United States and is now
being processed through the Army
Ground and Service Forces Redis
tribution Station in Miami Beach,
where his next assignment will be
determined.
Cpl. Sampson served 33 months as
cannoneer in the China-Burma-India
tneater of operations.
Army Ground and Service Forces
Redistribution Stations are located in
various parts of the United States.
Military personnel returning from
overseas are processed through these
stations before assignment to military
organization and installations within
the United States.
During the period that returnees
stay at an Army Ground and Service
Forces Redistribution Station, they
are given a painstaking occupational
and physical classification as well as
physical and dental reconditioning to
gether with various lectures designed
to reorient men recently returned trom
combat areas. This processing is
carried on without haste in pleasant
surroundings conducive to mental and
physical relaxation. ,
Cpl. Sampson became a member of
the Armed Forces on June 12, 1940.
NATURAL CAMOUFLAGE FAILS
WAVY STRIPES have gone a long way toward hiding many of our ships
from the enemy, but the probable originator of such camouflage found
it a detriment in the incident portrayed above. Policeman Donald G.
D* ager found little difficulty in spotting the zebra shown here after it
escaped from the National Zoo in Washington, D. C. A little faficy lasso
work followed, and the chase was over. ( International )
WANTED: Logging help. Eigh^ laborers to work
as wood cutters, swampers and truckers helpers and
two teamsters.
Fifty cents per hour plus overtime and board at
good camp, five miles from Asheville. Steady job
from now on.
Inquire at main office Farmers Federation,
Asheville, or write Timberman, Box 851, Asheville.
A waxy starch corn is being grown
in Iowa to replace the supplies of
tapioca that formerly came from the
Dutch East Indies.
Ewes, heavy with lambs, should be
separated from the flock. A 4 by 4
lambing pen will often prevent lambs
from wandering off and causing the
ewes to disown them.
A. V. Thomas, assistant county
agent of Craven County, reports the
removal of 85 birds in culling three
flocks of 290 birds. He suggests that
flocks be culled from time to time,
and the best birds kept
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our appreciation
to friends and neighbors for the kind
ness shown us in our recent bereave
ment.
Mr. and Mrs. T. H. GRIBBLE
Non- Rationed Sandals
They Are Gay - Pretty and so Practical
LADIES' WEDGE HEEL ? ROPE HEEL
. . . Red . . <?
$1.79
LADIES' STRAP SANDAL ? FIBRE SOLE
? ? ? White, Green, Red ? ? ?
$1.79
LADIES' CLOTH AND LEATHER? T STRAP SANDAL
. . . Red, Green, and White . . .
$1.79
LADIES' T STRAP SANDAL ? PLASTIC SOLE
. . . Red . .
$2.48
LADIES' LACE OPEN TOE PLAY SHOES
? ? ? White, size 4-9 ? .
' %IM ?
LADIES" WEDGE HEEL CORD SOLE
. . ? Multicolored . . ?
13.93
LADIES' WEDGE HEEL PLAITED
SANDAL
. . . Red, White and Black . . .
$3.50
LADIES' BLACK PATENT STRAP
SANDAL
Wedge Heel
$3.50
INFANT'S AND CHILD'S SANDAL
? ? ? White and Brown ? ? ?
$1.50 -$2.50
CHILDREN'S STRAP SANDAL
FLAT HEEL
. . . Brown and White . .
$1.50 -$2.50
MEN'S BROWN STRAP SANDAL
Plastic Sole
$2.48
BELK'S DEPARTMENT STORE
"THE HOME OF BETTER VALUES"
SYLVA, . . N. C.
LOOKING
AHEAD
r i GEORGE S. BENSON
Pr<si(U*tiM*rtitng Collect
Searcy, Arkansas
Mortgage Money
National Resources Planning
Board, in a booklet by Miles Colean,
predicted last January that residen
tial buildings in the United States
would approximate a million new
dwellings each year for ten years
liter the war. There was an. "if
in the forecast: If the price could
be held down to an average of about
KOOO. Well, ten million $4,000 units
represent 40 billion dollars, which is
l lot of money.
The vision of a million people
planking down $4,000 each for a
House in a single year is a pipe
ttream. People able to make such
bash outlays have houses already,
these new houses will be sold on
:redit. Buyers will sign instalment
aotes. Debts will be protected by
nortgages in the hands of life in
turance companies, loan associa
ions and certain kinds of banks.
Jncle Sam may insure the mort
gages.
T f Unfit to Repeat '
* There is an old bromide about his
jU>ry repeating itself but some his
tory is not good enough to repeat.
We told lc^st week why 9.4% of
?overnment-insured mortgages de
aulted and cost the national treas
ury more than $600 apiece. If that
thould be repeated on ten million
tomes to start building soon after
he war, government's loss alone
vould shoot well above half a billion,
ind that's the small part.
j Suppose only 9% of ten million
aew, post-war hofines are lost by^ore
:losure; that would be 900,000
lomes. Hopeful owners usually pay
20% down, which is $800 on a $4,000
louse. Few buyers, living in such
l house a year, could escape a loss
if $1,000 at least. This profitless
payment for vain hopes would total
>00 million dollars. Worst of all, it
jvould come from frugal, industri
ous, home-making people.
I Need Not Happen
?J The foregoing simple arithmetic
Vould seem pretty gloomy if it abso
lutely had to happen, but it does
aot. It offers an idea of how much
ax money will be wasted if pre-war
methods are used in financing post
i'var houses. The danger is real. All
he controls affecting the quality of
gilding today existed during the
?ooin that followed World War One.
Borry kouses may still be built and
old on payments.
r Instalment home-buying is practi
!al economy. Discounting notes is
ound banking. Government insur
ince of loans has been a blessing;
>aved many a family from calamity
mnd many a lender from ruin. But
ihodrly construction blights all this,
ft muk*Js neither good homes nor
^ood security for a bank loan. Lend
ing is the cue. Mortgage money is
me key to better building,
f Houses Warrantable
, Buildings under construction need
competent and impartial supervi
sion and rating, somewhat as steam
>hips are rated, or as a business
irm's credit is rated. This is to
protcct lender and borrower both
against mortgages far out of line
\vith a building's actual worth. Such
an agency exists, Certified Building
Registry, relatively little used, but
jenown to leading associations of
[architects, engineers and general
Contractors.
Few money lenders are qualified
to judge structural fitness. Many a
home buyer never sees his house
until its inner defects are hidden by
decorative enticements. Yet buyer
and banker both deserve the protec
tion of a rating that means (1) a
home worth its price in a working
man's money, and (2) security for
the bank that holds the paper.
Protects the Buyrr
In the interest of public safety
local 'governments require periodic
inspection of passenger elevators
and pressure boilers. Stock selling
schemes must stand rigid inspection
by state authority. It would seem
even more important that ready
made residences carry a seal of
merit. In the welter of a buying
boom it would distinguish a specula
tive builder to sell impartially rated
feouses.
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WAR QUIZ
. CORNER
WHO IS HE?
(40 points)
1.
3.
4.
ANSWERS
Connt: Question one, 40; rest, 20 each.
Score: 100, perfect; 80, good; 00, fair.
1. Konrad Henlein, the Sudeten,
2. No. It was Dec. 8 in Manila.
3. Nazi ship sunk off South America.
4. False?it would break your knee.
'SrtrttCrC: trCrtrCi rCrtrti -CtirertrCz
I
He was Hitler's
No. 1 stooge in
Czechoslo
vakia. What
was his name?
Pearl Harbor was attacked Dec.
7, 1941. Were the Philippines at
tacked same day?
Graf Spee was (a) a species of
whale, (b) Nazi battleship, (c)
Dutch town.
True or false: Japs' "knee mor
tar" is held on the knoe.
State College Anniiom
Timely Farm Questions
QUESTION ? Should I change to
t ne growing of hybrid corn?
ANSWER ? "Farmers are not jus
tified in changing from a native va
riety of corn, wrth which they arc
familiar, to a com hybrid unless the
hybrid possesses certain character
istics that make it superior to the na
tive variety," says Dr. R. P. Moore of
the Agricultural Experiment Station
at State College. "Not only must
the hybrid be superior, but its su
periority must be sufficiently great
so that the extra expenditure for seed
will be an investment rather than
c" expense. Many hybrids are now
available that will return 1.000 per
oent or more interest on the seed in
vestment when compared side by side
varieties of corn now grown. Yes,
even with certified varieties."
QUESTION ? The windows of my
brooder house are on the south side,
pull in at the top, und have side
shields. Why does the litter get so
damp?
ANSWER? T. T. Brown, Extension
poultry specialist at State College,
suggests that you do not have proper
ventilation and that when the cold
air meets the warm air, the latter
loses a part of its water and keeps the
litter damp. He also suggests that
you provide air outlets on the south
side betweeh the rafters above the
piate so as to give good ventilation.
I You are to be congratulated on hav
ling pull-in windows at the top and
I the shields on each side to prevent a
I draft reaching the floor. Damp li t
1 t?i gnrniimgrs mcririiosis and other
I diseases. Chicks in poorly ventilated
I houses show a tendency to grow; out
?end leather rather irregularly.
' QUESTION ? What is the best way
of starting kudzu on gullied land?
i ANSWER ? Enos Blair, Extension
agronomist at State College, suggests
that you dig holes about 20 feet apart.
U) inches square, and about 15 inches
deep. Fill the holes with a mixtue
Perfect Wink
PHOTOGRAPHERS erf a Hollywood
studio in need of a pretty Irish girl
who knew how to wink, found that
tt was almost impossible to get one
whose other eye didnt show reac- *
tion, too. Finally, they discovered
starlet J an is Paige who gives here
an example of the perfect wink or
monocular control. {International)
of soil, manure, "and about 1 pound
of superphosphate of mixed fertilizer.
Two plants should be set in each hole,
lining about 2 or 3 year old crowns
and setting them before they have
have started to grown in late win
ter. Keep the crowns protected after
they are dug, so that they will not
dry out oi freeze.
T? YOTffi G4MM& MEABM
?y? V
Pharmacy, one of the
OLOEST Of PROFESSIONS,
WAS PRACTICED IN ANCIENT
CHALDEA, BABY ION AND
EGYPT. BY THE HIGHEST
CASTE
.$-/#E PRIESTHOOD.
THE EARLIEST KNOWN
PRESCRIPTIONS, NOW /N THE
BRITISH At USE DM, DATE FROM
THE REIGN OF CHEOPS,
ABOUT 3700 B.&
THE EBERS PAPYRUS, A SCROlt
22 YARDS LONG, WAS POUND BE
TWEEN THE KNEES OF A MUMMY.
IT DATES FROM ABOUT /SS2 B.C., AND CONTAINS ,
MEDICAL RECIPES AND FORMULAS REQUIRING MORE THAN
TOO DRUGS. Qj^> n
TO PRACTICE PHARMACY
TODAY, POUR TEARS OP
SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL
STUDY AT A COLLEGE OF
1 PHARMACY ARE REQUIRED
IN MOST STATES. '
COOVBlOMT lfr?4 J.V. ClASKC
Winter is still here, and heaters will be scarce
even next fall. Why not enjoy a WARM MORNING
every morning between now and spring? Then
you'll have a good stove next fall, too. Not rationed.
Also a good line of Automatic Wood Heaters.
And wood and coal ranges. Not Rationed.
Just arrived. Shipment of water heaters. Not
rationed.
New Perfection Oil Ranges. 3 burner. Rationed.
SQSSAKON FURNITURE CO.
SYLVA, N. C.